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Rangers five-round mock: Where should Texas aim in later rounds of a drastically shorter draft?
A mock draft during any MLB season is a tall task, but this is no ordinary year.
Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels watches a tryout game at the Texas Rangers Dominican Republic baseball academy complex on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
By Evan Grant
4:58 PM on Jun 9, 2020 CDT
Surest sign of too much time on one's hand: Doing a multi-round mock baseball draft.
But here we are.
In a normal year, trying to plot out an MLB team's first-round draft pick alone would be hard enough. A full draft's worth — 40 picks — would be insanity defined. But this is neither a normal draft nor a normal year. The draft, which begins Wednesday, is only five rounds. And with no actual baseball to write about, hey, we figured it would be "fun" to take a shot at the Rangers' selections.
For this project, particularly after the first round, we didn't rely as much on scouting reports or video from 2020. Hardly any exists from the COVID-19 shortened season. It increases emphasis on things like makeup and background. Familiarity plays a role.
So, with that in mind, here's a look at one man's "dream" Rangers 2020 draft:
First round: 14th overall pick
Bonus slot value: $4,036,800
Oklahoma right-hander Cade Cavalli has a tantalizing profile: He's 6-4, 225 (a perfect pitcher's body), has a clean delivery and a legit four-pitch mix topped by a fastball that can range up to 98 mph. Yet, he didn't have overwhelming success. Why? Some control issues. But if he's there, he offers the best combination of stuff and upside on the board.
The San Francisco Giants, who pick one spot ahead of the Rangers, have been tied pretty closely to him, which is reminiscent of 2006 when the Rangers wanted to take a freakish right-hander from Washington. The Giants, picking two spots ahead of Texas, however, grabbed Tim Lincecum. The Rangers got stuck with Kasey Kiker. The rest is history.
Even if Cavalli is on the board, the Rangers will weigh him against a group of college hitters, including catchers Patrick Bailey of North Carolina State and Dustin Dingler of Ohio State, first baseman Aaron Sabato of North Carolina and middle infielders Justin Foscue of Mississippi State and Nick Loftin of Baylor. All offer different assets. Sabato's power might be the best single tool of the bunch; Loftin might have the highest floor; Dingler might be the most athletic.
If Cavalli is gone, the focus becomes highest floor among hitters, it comes to a discussion of Loftin's floor as a viable utility guy vs. Foscue's ceiling as a potential power-hitting second baseman.
Second round: 50th pick
Relievers aren't usually high draft picks. Power lefty reliever Burl Carraway of Dallas Baptist might be the closest to ready player in this year's draft. It's conceivable he could go on a team's 50- or 60-man talent pool for this season and help a team as a power lefty before the year is out, especially if rosters are expanded.
His mid-90s fastball might play even higher because of a high spin rate. His curve is advanced.
If Carraway is gone, consider the old standard: a Vanderbilt pitcher. In this case 6-4 lefty Blake Eder, who closed out the College World Series last year with a three-inning save.
Third round: 86th pick
Bonus slot value: $699,700
The Rangers drafted high school right-hander Tai Tiedemann out of Long Beach, Calif., in 2016 and have been impressed with his growth and makeup. His younger brother, Ricky, is coming out of Lakewood, Calif., High School. He touches 93 mph and there is room for more growth.
Will $700,000 buy him out of a San Diego State commitment? This is an opportunity for the Rangers to leverage his brother's experience and Tiedemann's own knowledge of the organization's top-tier facilities to win a recruiting battle.
Fourth round: 115th pick
Michigan's power hitting Jordan Nwogu features the athletic profile to which the Rangers are often drawn. He was recruited to several football schools as a potential edge rusher but went to Michigan as a recruited walk-on.
He crushes fastballs but has issues on breaking pitches and has an unorthodox swing that can turn scouts off. But he was Michigan's top offensive player on a team that finished as the runner-up in the 2019 College World Series. He's considered more of a hitter than a fielder, so there might be some issue about where on the field he could play. If he can hit, they will find a position for him.
Fifth round: 145th pick
In 2017, the Rangers took right-hander Ryan Dease from The Next Level Baseball Academy in Longwood, Fla., in the fourth round. His teammate, right-hander Jack Leftwich, opted to go to the University of Florida instead.
Leftwich is still raw but has a fastball that ranges to 96 mph and it might tick higher. He also isn't afraid to pitch up in the zone, which is necessary in the current game.
Also worth considering: Dallas Baptist shortstop Jimmy Glowenke (Flower Mound Marcus). He's a line-drive hitter with good command of the strike zone. DBU has produced a pair of MLB utility guys in Ben Zobrist (the template for the modern-day utility man) and Ryan Goins. Glowenke probably falls somewhere between the two.
How Rangers plan to attack MLB draft despite some dreadful early-round history
MLB First Year Player Draft
When: Wednesday, 6 p.m. CT (MLB Network/ESPN) for first round picks; Thursday 4 p.m. CT (MLB Network/ESPN 2) for rounds 2-5.
Rangers picks: 14th overall (first round), 50th (second round), 86th (3rd round), 115th (fourth round) and 145th (5th round).
Rangers bonus pool: $7,083,900 total, $4,036,0800 (for first round pick)
Notable changes for 2020
The draft has been shortened from 40 rounds to five, per agreement between MLB and the Players Association after the coronavirus pandemic shut down the sport and slashed revenues.
While slot values and bonus pools remain flat from 2019 to 2020, draft picks will only receive a maximum of $100,000 this season. They will receive 50 percent of the remaining bonus in 2021 and the other 50 percent in 2022.
Teams may sign an unlimited number of non-drafted players after the fifth round is complete. They are, however, limited to $20,000 in bonus money. Teams may also provide college scholarship money.
Draft order, first round
1. Detroit Tigers
3. Miami Marlins
4. Kansas City Royals
7. Pittsburgh Pirates
8. San Diego Padres
9. Colorado Rockies
10. Los Angeles Angels
11. Chicago White Sox
12. Cincinnati Reds
13. San Francisco Giants
14. Texas Rangers
15. Philadelphia Phillies
16. Chicago Cubs
17. Boston Red Sox
18. Arizona Diamondbacks
19. New York Mets
20. Milwaukee Brewers
21. St. Louis Cardinals
22. Washington Nationals
23. Cleveland Indians
24. Tampa Bay Rays
25. Atlanta Braves
26. Oakland Athletics
27. Minnesota Twins
28. New York Yankees
29. Los Angeles Dodgers
Note: Houston Astros forfeited their first-round pick as part of sign-stealing penalties
Competitive Balance Round A
30. Baltimore Orioles
31. Pittsburgh Pirates
32. Kansas City Royals
34. San Diego Padres
35. Colorado Rockies
37. Tampa Bay Rays*
* Received in trade from St. Louis
Rangers scouting director Kip Fagg talks about unusual MLB draft, Josh Jung's potential and more
By SportsDay Staff
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Evan Grant, Rangers beat writer/insider. Evan has covered the Rangers since 1997. He has twice been named one of the top 10 beat writers in the country by the AP Sports Editors. His passions outside of covering baseball are his wife, Gina, his two step kids, two crazy dogs & barbecue. Let's not discuss the cat. Evan graduated from Georgia State University, but oddly is a Georgia fan.
egrant@dallasnews.com @Evan_P_Grant
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World Premiere of When a City Rises feature film from award-winning documentary filmmaker, Gerard Smyth. This film was made entirely by Canterbury screen industry talent.
When a City Rises
An insightful sequel to "When A City Falls" - One of New Zealand's most popular documentaries in history. Directed and shot by Gerard Smyth.
The new film by renowned filmmaker Gerard Smyth, captures Christchurch's most tumultuous decade. This sequel to the powerful and historically important 'When A City Falls' is by our very own award-winning local director, Gerard Smyth. It asks many questions in the 90 minutes - How have we survived, thrived, changed? Who have we become? It's definitely a film by us, about us, and for us.
Gerard has produced and/or directed over 60 documentaries, both in and outside of New Zealand.
The first film on the Christchurch Earthquakes won for Gerard 'best documentary at the NZ Film Awards and also won the TV Guide's 'Best on the Box' People's Choice award for best documentary.
Gerard says "My primary motivation with filmmaking is tell the story rather than make a profit. Filmmaking is a public service, and an important one. It's essential to bring these individual stories to the public. I made this film to be a debate for change. It's not over for Christchurch. There is still much to do. The government have had the fences pulled down, and it's now the people's chance to rebuild the city. We are the true agents for change".
Gerard is proud to have had so many local artists and production people help in bringing this film to the big screen.
"Musically the film includes Delaney Davidson and the melodic beauty of Holly Arrowsmith, as well local greats like Richard Larsen, Ben Woods and Anita Clark. Editors Oliver Dawe and Gaylene Barnes sewed it all together. Colour grading was done with Mike Kelland, and our world-class audio man, Chris Sinclair, added his incredible talents to our mix."
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The referendum on UK membership of the EU: assessing the reform process
United Kingdom: House of Lords: Select Committee on the European Union
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The United Kingdom Parliament House of Lords EU Committee published a report on the 28 July 2015 analysing the process leading up to the referendum on UK membership of the EU, which was due to be held before the end of 2017.
The Committee's main conclusions were:
+ The Government is right to press for the referendum to be held as soon as possible, in order to minimise uncertainty
+ It would be highly undesirable to hold the referendum during the UK Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2017, and the Government should explore alternative arrangements for the Presidency if the referendum is delayed beyond the end of 2016
+ There is uncertainty over the specific roles to be played by UK Ministers, as well as over how the internal Whitehall process will work
+ The Committee supports the Prime Minister's welcome efforts to engage with other EU Heads of Government. The Government must ensure that it continues to engage with all 27 other Member States
+ In the interests of accountability and transparency, Parliament should be kept informed of the progress of negotiations. The Government should also ensure that the devolved administrations are closely involved
+ The Government is right to seek to ensure that any reform agreement is legally binding, but should clarify the form such an agreement will take
+ The Government's desire to enhance the role of national parliaments is welcome, but it should explore means, such as the 'Green Card', by which national parliaments could make a positive, proactive contribution to EU policies and legislation.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldeucom/30/30.pdf
United Kingdom: House of Lords: Select Committee on the European Union: News, 28.07.15: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/eu-select-committee-/news-parliament-2015/eu-referendum-report/
ESO: Background information: European Union Referendum Bill 2015-16 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-union-referendum-bill-2015-16/
EurActiv, 28.07.15: UK referendum plans a 'recipe for confusion', warn Lords http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/uk-referendum-plans-recipe-confusion-warn-lords-316662
EUObserver, 29.07.15: Lack of UK chief EU negotiator 'recipe for confusion' https://euobserver.com/foreign/129794
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The PolyVac minigame can be played every 4 hours, and the main objective is to protect the PolyVac from the oncoming hordes of robots for 20 seconds. On the first act, every robot takes only one tap to be destroyed. The PolyVac can take only 5 hits before being destroyed for the next 4 hours. If the player is having troubles tapping the robots, he/she can use a flash that destroys every robot on-screen. 5 flashes are automatically awarded, and more can be obtained by buying them at the store or by, every 24 hours, collecting them at the Control Building. Starting this minigame automatically destroys every robot present on Springfield.
. To pass to the next level the player can spend the 600 Robot Parts on various crafting items or spend them whole to pass instantly to next level. Every item has a demo number associated with it, that goes from 1 to 11. A demo number is the number of times an item can be crafted with Robot Parts. Once the demo limit is reached the item can only be crafted with Future Bucks. Crafting an item with Future Bucks doesn't help with the level progress.
During the event, new challenges were added following its thematic. This additions got priority over the usual Daily Challenges, and were the ones players always got unless a dismiss was used.
*Will only appear if the player has unlocked the required character.
With this event's update a new strip of land expansions was added at the north-east of Springfield.
Most of the content from this event appeared in future episodes of the show, where Springfield and its residents have a different and futuristic look.
The app icon during the event.
The splash screen during the event.
The general guide to the event.
The guide to the defending the PolyVac.
The guide to the 3D Printer.
The guide to the minigame.


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NEXO And Yamaha Support Drum Corp International Competition
J Sound Services selects QL5 consoles, GEO M10 line arrays, MSUB15 subwoofers, and NXAmp 4x2 Mk 2 amplifiers on custom carts for stadium competitions.
By PSW Staff • August 21, 2018
NEXO loudspeakers supporting a Drum Corp International competition
J Sound Services (JSS) of Nashville recently specified two NEXO/Yamaha systems for Drum Corp International (DCI) members, the Carolina Crown of Fort Mill, SC and the Cadets of Allentown, PA in time for the semi final competitions that began at Middle Tennessee State University in July. Both groups will be participating in the DCI Championships on September 11 in Indianapolis.
"The most significant criteria given to us by the Crown team for their new sound reinforcement system was clarity," states Jason Spence, owner of JSS and principal systems designer. Jim Coates, the CEO/director of Crown, was forthright with his expectation stating, "We're not trying to have a big rock show (referring to SPL); we want clarity."
Spence says it was the JSS approach to design a system that could reproduce the detail of all the instruments and the ability to balance those details within the entire ensemble.
"The drastic swing in dynamics between a brass section wide open and the soft mallet of the front ensemble is a tall order for any sound system," Spence says. "As with any sound reinforcement system, careful consideration was given to coverage, especially at the judging area. And, as with any project, we had a budget to meet. We also needed efficient amplifiers with low power draws and a system that was fast and easy to set up. As we evaluated numerous systems and the criteria, the NEXO M10 easily checked all the boxes."
For the Crown organization, JSS designed, provided, and built a stereo (Left/Right) NEXO/Yamaha sound reinforcement system with custom carts for the stadium competition. The NEXO rig consisted of a total of 8 (4 left, 4 right) GEO M10 line array boxes, 6 MSUB15s (3 left, 3 right), 2 NXAmp 4×2 Mk 2 amplifiers (1 left, 1 right), and 2 NXAE104 AES network cards. A Yamaha QL5 digital audio console was chosen for its sound quality, ease of use, and remote connectivity of the Rio 3224-D stage box. MY8AE cards for the NXamps were deployed, in lieu of Dante, to minimize setup time.
"The teams have six minutes to role onto the field and be ready," Spence explains. "So, speed of setup is extremely important, and with AES, we don't have to wait for the network to come online before we can make noise."
For the Cadets, JSS consulted on the design and provided a 4-cart, multi-zone NEXO/Yamaha sound reinforcement system. 14 GEO M10s (2 carts with 4 M10s over 1 MSUB15, 2 carts with 3 M10s over 1 per side RS15 Ray Sub, each powered by 1 NXAMP 4X2 MK2 amplifier (a total of 4 NXAMP 4×2 amplifiers powered the system), and 4 NXAE104 AES network cards. The console was upgraded to a QL5 to integrate with their existing Yamaha Tio digital stage boxes.
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Rainy Day Investing
Australia, earth's driest continent, experienced national rainfall in 2017 that was 8% above the historical average. The year was the 30th wettest on record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.1 But the story is more complicated than that.
While rainfall on a national basis was much higher than normal, the downfalls were concentrated in the west of the country. In much of eastern Australia, including many normally fertile farmland areas, rains last year were well below average.
Like farmers planning a harvest, investors pinning their expectations on statements about arithmetical 'average' returns can be disappointed. As with rainfall, market returns are rarely evenly distributed either across time or place.
Of course, one could take one's cues from the financial news, which tellingly is normally scheduled just before the weather forecast on the nightly TV news bulletin. But there isn't much evidence of anyone being able to consistently and reliably forecast market returns one year to the next, never mind one day to the next.
For instance, going all the way back to 1926, the US share market index, the S&P 500, has had an annualised compound return of 10.2% in US dollar terms. Yet, on only six occasions in the intervening nine decades has the individual calendar year return been within two percentage points of that result.
As a single number, an average result ignores the distribution of possible outcomes. For example, the S&P 500 has been up or down by more than 20% in a calendar year on 40 occasions in this nine-decade period.
In Australia, from 1980 until the end of 2017, the benchmark S&P/ASX 300 index has had an annualised return of 11.3% in Australian dollar terms. Yet only in five years of that near four-decade period have individual calendar year returns been within two percentage points of that average. Individual year performances range from as low as -38.9% during the year of the GFC in 2008 to +66.8% in 1983!
Just as precipitation varies across places, so too do market returns. For example, developed equity markets in 2015, as measured by the MSCI World index, returned 11.5% in AUD terms in 2015. But at an individual country level, returns extended from as high as +38.8% for Denmark to as low as -14.7% for Canada.
Guess what happened in 2016? Canada vaulted from worst to best performing market, with a return of 25.2%. But Denmark slid all the way from top to bottom, with a return of -15.4%. Overall, developed markets gained just over 8% in 2016.
It's hard to pick, isn't it? Perhaps there's a lesson from farmers here. Faced with climate variability and unpredictable patterns in precipitation, some farmers diversify from single crop agricultural systems to several different crops, or they rotate from crops to grazing livestock. Others build completely new businesses on their land, such as poultry farming, tourism or renewable energy.
Likewise, for investors, an expectation of 'average' returns every year is likely to lead to disappointment. But if they accept that they do not know when or where the 'rains' will fall, they can focus instead on building structured, diversified strategies.
This way, they are more likely to capture the returns wherever they happen to occur in markets around the world.
1'A Year of Contrasts for Rainfall', Annual Climate Statement 2017, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia.
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Trent Reznor, Duran Duran, Billy Corgan Cover David Bowie
A long list of famous artists came together for a virtual event to celebrate what would have been David Bowie's 74th birthday.
"A Bowie Celebration: Just for One Day!" was originally scheduled for Friday, Jan. 9, but was pushed back one day due to technical difficulties. Despite these bumps in the road, the virtual concert boasted notable performances from many of rock's biggest stars.
The evening opened with Duran Duran covering Bowie's "Five Years," a track originally released on his seminal 1972 LP The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. The iconic New Wave group recently released their rendition of the tune as a promotional single.
"I can't begin to explain how honored I feel for Duran Duran to be given the opportunity to perform this icon and to place our name alongside Bowie's for this commemoration of his music," frontman Simon Le Bon admitted to People in the lead up to the event, adding that Bowie was the "reason why I started writing songs."
Later in the "Just for One Day!" event, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan (now going by William Patrick Corgan) delivered a haunting and powerful rendition of "Space Oddity."
Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor performed two of Bowie's songs on the evening, "Fantastic Voyage" and "Fashion," being joined by his wife Mariqueen Maandig and NIN bandmate Atticus Ross for the latter. Reznor famously had a close relationship with Bowie, having toured alongside the iconic rocker in 1995, and collaborating with him in 1997 on the remix of "I'm Afraid of Americans."
"I'm grateful that our lives intersected, and I'm grateful for, whether he knew it or not, how much he helped me in those dark times before I chose to get my shit together," Reznor explained to Consequence of Sound prior to the event, noting that Bowie helped him during a time of addiction. "And I can hear his voice. He penetrated through the layers of bullshit that I'd built around myself. I'm grateful for that."
Other highlights from "A Bowie Celebration: Just for One Day!" included Adam Lambert covering "Starman," Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott singing "Ziggy Stardust" and Peter Frampton rocking through "Suffragette City." The evening was organized and hosted by Bowie's longtime piano player, Mike Garson.
Watch a selection of performances in the videos below.
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Handbagged – Review
Anne Cox | October 5, 2015 | Regional, Reviews | No Comments
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Hold on to your handbags. If you thought one Iron Lady was intimidating then just wait until you experience the premier effect of a double helping of withering put-downs.
Moira Buffini's eye-wateringly funny comedy, Handbagged, sees bouffants and pearls at 20 paces as the most powerful woman in British politics meets one of modern history's most iconic heads of state.
We've already had, in The Audience, a behind-the-scenes peep at what happens when the PMs visit Buckingham Palace for their weekly chats with the queen.
Buffini has honed in on one prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, who was born six months before Queen Elizabeth. One was raised a shopkeeper's daughter who gained a place at Oxford and rose to become this country's first woman Prime Minister; her contemporary was born to rule.
No-one knows what is said during the weekly royal chats over tea and crumpets so playwrights can take enormous liberties – and Buffini does.
Director Indhu Rubasingham plays clever with the play, knocking down the fourth wall to allow the cast to interact with the audience, with hilarious effect.
Susie Blake, who is priceless as Q, the older version of the Queen, squints over the footlights to the packed auditorium (I watched it at Oxford Playhouse on Friday), and makes the most wonderful off-the-cuff remarks.
"I don't want this to get dull. We have a lot to get through before the interval," she regally announces.
Her waspish remarks about Kate Fahy's mature Thatcher, accompanied by the royal mannerisms – the eye rolling, the glare, and, most of all the imperceptible sucking of the royal teeth like she's chewing on something disasteful – had me crying with laughter.
Blake and Fahy, as Q and T, are narrators to a story that starts at the beginning of Thatcher's first term (1979) and ends with her resignation 21 years later.
The actual tale is acted by Emma Handy's sublime turn as a young Liz and Sanchia McCormack's quite terrifying performance as a younger Mags.
But at times all four women are engaged together in rapier-like conversations, the queens – young and old – putting up a united front against the might of a double-dose Maggie.
Joining them on stage (and I do hope their nerves will last to the end of the tour) are Richard Teverson and Asif Khan who play a variety of male roles but all come in for a verbal battering from one or both Maggies.
Teverson plays nine roles from Ronnie Reagan and Denis Thatcher to Michael Heseltine and Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams while Khan is asked to play, among others, Enoch Powell.
He looks at the audience in disbelief and refuses, the actor saying that it wasn't in his contract, but he capitulates when "Maggie" gives him a stern dressing down.
While there is political point-scoring by the Rottweilerish Maggie against the Queen there is no doubt that they make a formidable double act.
McCormack's impression of Maggie is unerringly perfect. The ferociousness of her tongue-lashings, the glint in her eyes, and most of all, the wagging finger which brought home her opinions, are used to deliver a razor-sharp performance.
Handy's lighter touch as the young queen compliments the rather cynical, more experienced, older version.
This gift of a comedy doesn't stop entertaining for a second. A caustic aside and a derisory look to the audience by Blake's Q and I was royally roaring with laughter.
Handbagged's national tour is at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry this week. For full tour dates go to www.handbaggedtheplay.com
Handbagged
It's bouffants and pearls at 20 paces when Maggie Thatcher meets her nemesis, Queen Elizabeth II, in Moira Buffini's riotous royal comedy, Handbagged.
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Alex Petcu
Wide World of Petcu
The eclecticism on percussionist Alex Petcu's debut recording works very much in its favour, writes Adrian Smith.
Cork percussionist Alex Petcu has been steadily building a strong reputation for himself since reaching the semi-finals of the Tromp International Percussion Competition back in 2012. He has worked with nearly all of the top ensembles and orchestras in the country and has performed as soloist with both the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Much of Petcu's success has to do with his versatility as a performer specialising in solo and chamber percussion repertoire in addition to the steady stream of ensemble and orchestral assignments. It is music from the former categories that is the focus of In Time, his debut release on the RTÉ Lyric FM label.
In his liner notes, Petcu writes that rather than concentrating on a particular theme for this album, his aim was to present a wide range of pieces that best captures the variety of his regular recital repertoire. Thus the items featured here range from transcriptions of pieces by classical composers (Debussy and Bach), some staples from the contemporary percussion repertoire and a number of pieces by less well-known names, many of whom are friends and colleagues. He is also joined by his sister, Ioana, on violin for two of the pieces while the pianist Michael McHale appears on a further track. This eclecticism tends to work very much in the album's favour resulting in a varied listening experience not just in style but also in tone; lighthearted entertaining numbers such as Alexej Gerassimez's Piazonore – based on Astor Piazzolla's famous theme from Libertango – are heard alongside more serious but accessible pieces by Steve Reich and Donnacha Dennehy.
While this diversity makes the album likely to appeal to a wide audience of different tastes, if there's one possible weakness it's that some of the lighter fare – A Little Prayer by Scottish percussionist Evelyne Glennie and the arrangement of the Armenian folk song 'Yerkinkn' for marimba and violin, for instance – are perhaps a little too light, to the point of being a tad insipid.
Nonetheless, whatever he's playing, it's hard to fault Petcu's musicianship and the album largely achieves what it sets out to do giving a rounded picture of the performer himself, his eclectic repertoire and his impressive technique, the full range of which is on display here from the rhythmic complexities of Dennehy's Paddy to the delicate nuances of phrasing in the transcription of Debussy's Arabesque No. 1 for the vibraphone.
For more, visit www.alexpetcu.com. RTÉ Lyric FM releases are available to purchase here.
A Series of Discoveries in Tipperary
Anna Murray
Finding a Voice, the Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, concert series celebrating the music of women composers from the 12th century to present day, took place online from 5 to 8 March. Anna Murray reviews.
Diverse Responses to the Earth and Sea
Mark Fitzgerald
Navona Records have recently released a live album of works for orchestra and large ensemble by Peter Dickson Lopez, Corrina Bonshek and Jane O'Leary. Mark Fitzgerald reviews.
Head of RTÉ Lyric FM Job Open to Internal Applicants Only
Position has been advertised on RTÉ intranet with a 22 April deadline.
It's Just Town!
Raymond Deane
A review of a recent edition of Horizons on Lyric FM, in which John Schaeffer of WYNC Radio in New York was asked to take an outsider's look at the new music scene in Ireland.
The Theatre of the Sonic Object
The Music Current festival continues to present intriguing, uncompromising sound works, as Anna Murray found at a performance by Yarn | Wire.
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Garrett Sholdice
Gavin Bryars (double bass), Iarla Ó Lionáird (voice), Leo Abrahams (guitar), Lisa Grosman (viola), Cian Ó Dúill (viola), Kate Ellis (cello)Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, 14 November 2008.


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Australia's Carbon Tax: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing?
Australian Government has produced a CO2-equivalent tax proposal with a difference, it is a short prelude to an emission trading scheme that will allow the increasing rate of emissions to continue, while being a net cost to the Treasury. That cost extends to allowing major emitters to make guaranteed windfall profits from pollution permits. The emission trading scheme suffers numerous problems, but the issues raised show taxes can also be watered down and made ineffectual through concessions. Taxpayers will get no assets from the billions of dollars to be spent buying-off the coal generators or other polluters. The scheme hopes to stimulate private investors to create an additional 12 percent in renewable electricity generation by 2020. A serious emissions reducing alternative would be to create a nationalised electricity sector with 100 percent renewable energy within a decade. We explore the difficulties of implementing meaningful greenhouse gas taxes in Australia.
According to the Australian Government ... the proposed CEP scheme, combined with its Renewable Energy Target, will invest A$20 billion in renewable energy. In addition, the commercially oriented Clean Energy Finance Corporation will be allocated $10 billion to invest in renewable energy and innovative technologies to cut pollution. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency will administer A$3.2 billion. On the surface this appears like recognition of a need for substantial change, and a large investment, but is it really? The outcome of this A$33 billion allocation is expected to be that "the equivalent of 20 per cent of Australia's electricity will come from renewable sources by 2020". As current renewable electricity production is 8 percent, this means just a 12 percent increase in renewable energy production. The Australian taxpayer will not gain any assets for this outlay because all monies are going to fund private enterprise, commercial interests, and corporations. In addition to this A$33 billion a further A$14 billion appears to be allocated to the worst polluters. The billions to be spent on paying the coal industry to close its most polluting plants will be reinvested by that industry. They will also be able to plead for money and cheap loans under the security fund. So the public sector will be financing and underwriting private profits.
Beyond Zero Emission (2010), a not-for-profit organisation associated with researchers from the University of Melbourne. Their research shows that Australia can achieve 100 percent renewable electricity generation within a decade using technology that is commercially available now. This would totally replace base load power currently sourced from fossil fuels. Wind power and solar thermal with molten salt storage have the capacity to supply 60 percent and 40 percent of Australia's electricity respectively. They estimate this will require an investment of A$370 billion over ten years, stated to be equivalent to costing A$8 per household per week. They project that the investment will generate a stimulus to the Australian economy that is equivalent to 3 percent of GDP over ten years and create permanent jobs around four times higher than currently exist in the domestic fossil fuel sector (Beyond Zero Emissions, 2010). Converting the 92 percent of Australian electricity not generated from renewable energy is technically feasible with existing technology and could be funded by a real GHG tax. In return for their investment the public could have a nationally owned electricity generating sector with public benefits in perpetuity.
All regulatory and public policy instruments are subject to political negotiation and can be manipulated. Different instruments inherently favour different societal actors and vested interests. Clearly while taxes favour government they can also be watered down, counterproductive and ineffectual. Levels of compensation to polluting industries can exceed acceptable standards of both efficiency and fairness. Substantial concessions in the form of tax exemptions, reductions and rebates to maintain momentum for material growth may appear in design proposals and be justified as being necessary in hard economic times. Highly polluting industries may then be able to gain more concessions than the less polluting ones. Thus GHG taxes can become primarily targeted at securing votes and jobs, and not only fail to correspond to textbook recommendations but also fail to achieve the promised internalization of social and environmental costs.
Australia has invented the 'polluter gets paid' principle to replace the 'polluter pays' principle, and the worse you pollute the more you get rewarded. Less energy-intensive industries will be penalised by having to purchase non-tradable permits at a fixed value, whereas the more energy-intensive industries are bestowed permits for free and allowed to sell them. What Australia exemplifies is how the rich and powerful polluters have been able to take control of the debate on human induced climate change, and manipulate it to their considerable financial advantage, while pretending to be the victims of an environmental hoax.


PARIS, FRA - Spain started off this 5th place semifinal in quick fashion as the brought the ball to the USA line, but that would be about it as the Women's Eagles Sevens win in dominant fashion, 33-5.
An overall brilliant performance from the Women's Sevens as they move on to the 5th place final. They'll meet Fiji at 10:43amET tomorrow, LIVE on FloRugby.


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"Send a Little Love My Way" is a song written by Henry Mancini and Hal David and performed by Anne Murray.  The song reached #6 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart and #10 on both the Canadian country chart the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart in 1973.  The song appeared on her 1974 album, Love Song.  The song was produced by Brian Ahern.

In 1973 the song was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.  The song was featured in Oklahoma Crude.

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Cette page concerne l'année 1954 du calendrier grégorien en Italie.

Événements
 3 janvier : la télévision italienne ouvre ses transmissions.
 12 janvier : le président du Conseil italien Giuseppe Pella démissionne.
 18 janvier : Amintore Fanfani forme un gouvernement homogène DC, mais ne parvient pas à obtenir la confiance.
 Présentation par le ministre du Budget Ezio Vanoni d'un plan quinquennal pour le développement économique du pays pour surmonter les grands déséquilibres sociaux et géographiques, à savoir l'effondrement de l'agriculture et le profond déséquilibre de développement entre l'Italie du Nord et l'Italie du Sud. Ce plan, par sa grave sous-estimation des problèmes économiques réels du sud agricole, échouera à remplir sa mission.
 10 février : Mario Scelba constitue un gouvernement de coalition avec la participation des sociaux-démocrates, des libéraux et des républicains.
 26 - 29 juin : congrès de la Démocratie chrétienne italienne à Naples. L'aile gauche de la DC, soutenue par les grands holdings d'État menacés par le libéralisme intégral prôné par la Confindustria, prend la direction du parti en la personne d'Amintore Fanfani qui envisage une collaboration avec le centre-gauche, y compris les socialistes nenniens.
 16 septembre : à la suite d'une campagne de presse impliquant son fils dans un scandale, le ministre des Affaires étrangères italien, Attilio Piccioni, un des chefs historiques de la DC, démissionne.
 5 octobre : l'Italie et la Yougoslavie parviennent à une entente sur la partition du territoire libre de Trieste et signent à Londres un « mémorandum d'entente ».
 6 octobre : la Grande-Bretagne, les États-Unis, l'Italie et la Yougoslavie signent le traité de Londres qui met fin au conflit sur le statut de Trieste : les troupes britanniques et américaines évacueront la zone A qui revient à l'Italie, la zone B étant attribuée à la Yougoslavie. Trieste reste un port franc.
 23 décembre : le parlement italien ratifie le traité de l'UEO.

  chômeurs en Italie ( de plus qu'en 1950).

Culture

Cinéma

Films italiens sortis en 1954
  : La prigioniera di Amalfi, film italien réalisé par Giorgio Cristallini
  : Questa è la vita, film réalisé par Aldo Fabrizi, Giorgio Pàstina, Mario Soldati et Luigi Zampa
  : Acque amare, film dramatique italien réalisé par Sergio Corbucci
  : Prima di sera, film italien réalisé par Piero Tellini
  : L'arte di arrangiarsi (L'Art de se débrouiller), film réalisé par Luigi Zampa

Autres films sortis en Italie en 1954
 29 septembre : Teodora imperatrice di Bisanzio (Théodora, impératrice de Byzance), film franco-italien de Riccardo Freda

Mostra de Venise
 Lion d'or : Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet) de Renato Castellani
 Lion d'argent partagé entre quatre films : Les Sept Samouraïs, La Strada, Sur les quais et L'Intendant Sansho
 Coupe Volpi pour la meilleure interprétation masculine : Jean Gabin pour L'Air de Paris de Marcel Carné et Touchez pas au grisbi de Jacques Becker
 Coupe Volpi pour la meilleure interprétation féminine : pas de récompense cette année

Littérature

Livres parus en 1954
 Lungo viaggio di natale, de Vasco Pratolini
 Les Lettres de Capri (Le lettere da Capri) de Mario Soldati
 Le Mépris (Il disprezzo) d'Alberto Moravia

Prix et récompenses
 Prix Strega : Mario Soldati, Lettere da Capri (Les Lettres de Capri) (Garzanti)
 Prix Bagutta : , Coraggio, guardiano, (Bompiani)
 Prix Napoli : ex-aequo Vincenzo Cardarelli, Viaggio di un poeta in Russia, (Mondadori) et Dino Buzzati, Il crollo della Baliverna, (Mondadori)
 Prix Viareggio : Rocco Scotellaro, È fatto giorno

Naissances en 1954
 18 août : Umberto Guidoni, spationaute et homme politique.
 22 septembre : Amedeo Benedetti, écrivain. († )
 3 décembre : Ugo Riccarelli, écrivain et poète.

Décès en 1954
 3 mars : Cesare Brambilla, 68 ans, coureur cycliste professionnel de 1905 à 1909, vainqueur du Tour de Lombardie 1906. (° )
 10 avril : , 81 ans, écrivain, poète, journaliste et explorateur. (° )
 13 avril : Giulio Alessandrini, 87 ans, médecin et universitaire, professeur de l'université de Rome, spécialiste du paludisme et de parasitologie. (° )
 27 juin : Giovanni Rossignoli, 71 ans, coureur cycliste. (° )
 18 août : Alcide De Gasperi, 73 ans, homme politique, fondateur de la Démocratie chrétienne, Président du Conseil de 1945 à 1953. (° ).
 25 septembre : Vitaliano Brancati, 47 ans, écrivain. (° )
 28 novembre : Enrico Fermi, 53 ans, physicien, père de la réaction nucléaire, prix Nobel de physique. (° )

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Articles généraux
 L'année 1954 dans le monde
 1954 par pays en Afrique
 1954 par pays en Amérique, 1954 aux États-Unis, 1954 au Canada
 1954 par pays en Asie
 1954 par pays en Europe, 1954 en France, 1954 en Belgique, 1954 en Suisse
 1954 par pays en Océanie
 1954 par pays au Proche-Orient
 1954 aux Nations unies

 Articles sur l'année 1954 en Italie
 Élections régionales de 1954 en Vallée d'Aoste

 L'année sportive 1954 en Italie
 Championnats du monde de gymnastique artistique 1954
 Championnats d'Europe de natation 1954
 Équipe d'Italie de football à la Coupe du monde 1954
 Championnat d'Italie de football 1953-1954
 Championnat d'Italie de football 1954-1955
 Saison 1953-1954 de la Juventus FC
 Saison 1954-1955 de la Juventus FC
 Championnat d'Italie de rugby à XV 1953-1954
 Championnat d'Italie de rugby à XV 1954-1955
 Grand Prix automobile d'Italie 1954
 Milan-San Remo 1954
 Tour d'Italie 1954

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I wasn't sure whether to read this as an audiobook or on Kindle, but I'm really glad I went for the audiobook. Aysha Kala's narration goes above and beyond. A great match for the author's sly wit. She does an awesome job with all the characters, but in particular, she captures the children's playfulness in a way that brought me a creeping sense of foreboding, and that eventually broke my heart, as the story unfolded. I've churned through a lot of audiobooks; very few are read as wonderfully as this one.
The story itself is beautiful and a very worthy Booker winner.
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A stream of boring unconscious thoughts. Was recommended as the best book of the last ten years but it did not translate to audiobook and was hard to follow and difficult to understand.
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Exquisitely, horrifyingly, grotesquely and tragically beautiful.
Read this when it first came out and it instantly became my favourite book. I have come back to it all these years later on audible and it is every bit as captivating, pulling you into the lives of the characters and making you feel everything.
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Having read the book several times I am delighted this has been released as audiobook finally.
The story comes across easily and I would recommend this to the countless people that have sadly given up on the book because they found it hard to follow.
Narration is perfect too! Beautifully produced!
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A fantastic narrator who brought the characters to life with amazing authenticity. The language of this book is so rich I will now read it for myself!
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pileup of self consciously clever description. But characters utterly believable and very affecting story.
Am I just not bright enough to see the value in this book? It had some nice chapters, it grabbed my attention in places, but overall I just wanted the book to end. If it was a movie, there is no way I would have sat thriugh it. Purely because Im in a book club I endured until the last line was spoken.
Too many shifts in time periods.Too many undefined characters. Without the help of a family tree someone whatsapped me, and a litttle help from reading the plot online whilst being lost over half way through. I would have liked this book even less.
Not my cup of tea, and it wont stay in my thoughts for very long.


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Search for answers about how public health cash was spent is nearly over
The grants were awarded by the last Labour administration at County Hall during early 2017
Published: 15:27 Wednesday 22 May 2019
Almost all of the community groups which received cash from a controversial County Hall scheme have now accounted for how the money was spent.
The neighbourhood wellbeing initiative, which was overseen by the last Labour administration at Lancashire County Council, distributed £525,000 worth of grants to projects designed to improve public health.
County Cllr Azhar Ali, Labour opposition group leader
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But the scheme – which operated in early 2017 – later came in for criticism after it emerged that 45 of the 103 organisations which benefited from it had failed to provide the authority with details of what had been achieved with the money.
An independent audit report commissioned by the current Conservative administration concluded last October that the process of allocating the funding was lawful, but criticised some aspects of how it was administered.
The investigation found that some grants were given out before the groups receiving them had signed an agreement to provide feedback.
A meeting of the authority's audit committee heard that council officers have now received full spending details from all but eight of the organisations which received funding – seven have so far provided partial information and one group has disbanded.
Describing the development as "positive news", Josh Mynott, democratic services manager, said the value of the grants given to groups which have yet to provide complete submissions is £15,400 – less than 3 percent of the total awarded.
"[In the case of] two organisations…we believe the required information will be forthcoming fairly soon. There are five organisations where we have some, but not all of the evidence that we want," Mr. Mynott explained.
"It hasn't been easy – there has been a gap in time which has meant there have been changes in personnel in these organisations.
"We will continue to pursue it…to make sure we have all the financial and monitoring information we need for these groups," he added.
Contact has also been made with representatives of the now disbanded group which had received £1,000.
The committee has previously heard that there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by the individual organisations.
Labour opposition leader Azhar Ali was the cabinet member for health and wellbeing under the last administration and had responsibility for the grant scheme. The audit report criticised the fact that money was paid out to organisations before they had completed agreements about how their spending of it would be monitored.
But County Cllr Ali said the subsequent investigations, which included a referral by the audit committee to the police, had been motivated by politics.
"This was a political witch-hunt and shows a lack of understanding about how the voluntary sector works," he said.
"This fund was to give small organisations a step up and improve health and wellbeing.
"The audit committee has seen that [the council] is on track with obtaining the information."
But audit committee chair and Conservative county councillor, Alan Schofield, rejected claims of a witch-hunt.
"In December 2017, the full council passed a motion to refer the matter to our external auditors – and, ultimately, an independent auditor was appointed to produce a full report.
"Although it concluded that the political decision-making by the last administration had not contravened the council's regulations, it was nevertheless a damning report.
"Earlier this year, the eight members of the audit committee – three of whom are from Labour – unanimously decided that officers should be charged with getting more information from the grant recipients which had not then provided it.
"The council has also since put in place a better protocol for awarding grants in future," County Cllr Schofield added.